中考真题2024年四川省资阳市阅读理解D篇-蜜蜂：生态守护者与科技救援
You may know that bees (蜜蜂) make delicious honey. But do you know that they keep us all alive?
Every year on May 20, it’s World Bee Day. It’s a day to thank bees for all they do. Without bees, we might not have any food! Three quarters of the world’s flowering plants depend on bees and other animals to grow. When bees fly from plant to plant, they carry pollen (花粉). The pollen makes new plants grow.
There are about 20, 000 different kinds of bees all over the world. They work all day for their queen, the biggest bee in the hive (蜂巢). She will lay 800, 000 eggs in her lifetime. However, there are many problems bees are facing. They are losing habitats (栖息地). They also get sick easily from chemicals (化学物质) used by farmers and they die because of higher temperatures with climate change. These are all making the number of bees drop.
People are now turning to technology to help save the bees. One example is a project called RoboRoyale. It produces robot bees to help feed and look after the queen bee. This will get the queen bee to lay more eggs and make more bees.
1.1. Why do we have World Bee Day?
A To help bees fly faster.
B To study how bees behave.
C To know how queen bee lays eggs.
D To thank bees for what they do.
解析：选D。D细节理解题。文章第二段提到“It’s a day to thank bees for all they do.”，明确说明了世界蜜蜂日的目的是感谢蜜蜂所做的一切。A和B选项没有提及；C项提到蜂王产卵，但这不是世界蜜蜂日的目的。
2.2. How can bees help plants grow?
A Making honey.
B Carrying pollen.
C Driving birds away.
D Using special chemicals.
解析：选B。B细节理解题。文章第二段提到“When bees fly from plant to plant, they carry pollen. The pollen makes new plants grow.”，说明蜜蜂通过携带花粉帮助植物生长。 A选项中蜜蜂制造蜂蜜，但这与植物生长无关；C项没有提及；对于D项，文章提到农民使用化学物质对蜜蜂有害，而不是蜜蜂使用化学物质。
3.3. What may make the number of bees drop?
A Hard work.
B Wild animals.
C Fewer habitats.
D Friendly environment.
解析：选C。C细节理解题。文章第三段提到“They are losing habitats.”，说明蜜蜂数量减少的原因之一是栖息地的减少。 A和B项文章中没有提及；D项中文章提到的是环境问题导致蜜蜂数量减少，而不是友好的环境。
4.4. What does the underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refer to?
A A project.
B Temperature.
C The hive.
D Honey.
解析：选A。A词意指代题。文章最后一段提到“One example is a project called RoboRoyale. It produces robot bees...”，这里的“It”指代的是前文提到的“project”。